History A-Level
Electoral manipulation and the Acerbo Law
What Electoral manipulation and the Acerbo Law means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Electoral manipulation and the Acerbo Law
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The Acerbo Law of 1923 gave the largest party two-thirds of seats if it won over a quarter of votes, helping Fascists dominate the 1924 election.
Topics that use Electoral manipulation and the Acerbo Law
- Paper 2, Option 2G.1: The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46 - 2 The rise of Mussolini and the creation of a fascist dictatorship, 1919–26 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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